Samsung and Intel are locked in a battle to dominate the global semiconductor market, which is now being fought on many fronts since the Korean company overtook Intel as the world’s largest chip supplier by revenue in the second quarter of this year. Intel has entered the foundry business, in which Samsung has seen significant growth in recent years; both are racing to support new chip geometries at 3-nanometers or below, chasing Taiwan’s TSMC; and both have cloud-based 5G networks in their sights as a key growth target. In Q2, Samsung reported a record profit of $12.6bn, and of its $54bn in revenue for the quarter, $15bn came from semiconductors – above the $14.8bn that Intel reported for the same…